“Tweet to the Air, Feet to the Square: The Intertwining of Protest and Technology Across Space and Time”

Keynote Address

Dr. Merlyna Lim

Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society
Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Carleton University

7:00 PM

Dinner for Symposium Attendees
Hintonburg Public House
1020 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, ON

Friday, April 24, 2015

9:00 AM – FIRST PANELWhere is the “New”? Digital Protest in the Market, on the Fringes, and Online

“Digital and social media as tools for marginalized communities: Mainstream media coverage and alternative narratives of the Idle No More Movement and 2012 hunger strike”
Kathy Dobson
PhD Student, School of Journalism and Communication
Carleton University